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In China, where piracy is rampant, the music industry is considering a lawsuit against Baidu.com, the largest Internet provider

less willing to buy music on the one hand, and others saying they use downloading to make better-informed purchases on the other hand.

Internet services such as Napster and Kazaa contend that record labels are simply not releasing enough good music, and consumers see DVDs as a better value than CDs.

piracy has made it easy for many people to get music for free, allowing consumers to download songs and spend their money on DVDs instead.

“In 2007 it became clear that the recorded-music industry is contracting and that it will be a very different beast from what it was in the 20th century,”

Warner Music's share price has fallen to $4.75, 72% lower than its IPO price in 2005

They now want to move beyond Apple's iTunes and its paid-for downloads.

the American Music Industry has never been healthier.

they saw it as a marketing opportunity: fans of an artist were marketing that artist to other fans. Using the most powerful tool of all: the artist’s music.

What people don’t remember was that the original pricing was 99 cents per song, and $9.99 per album. After about a year, research showed that while people valued their downloads, they didn’t value them in the same way they valued physical media.

After all, one of the ongoing complaints about .mp3 files has always been sound quality, and with bandwidth increasing, storage getting cheaper, and portable devices supporting lossless formats, it only makes sense.

“30 billion illegal downloads in 2007“

“Even the most innovative business models are totally undermined by free music”

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live more than 10 years in the wild

Of the 350 species of eucalyptus, moreover, koalas will eat the leaves of only 20 and prefer those of just 5 species.

slow moving and defenseless

its headquarters is in New York City.

The NHL was founded in 1917.

the Edmonton Oilers, New England Whalers (now the Carolina Hurricanes), Quebec Nordiques (now the Colorado Avalanche), and Winnipeg Jets (now the Phoenix Coyotes). The NHL now has 30 teams.

The Montreal Canadiens have been the NHL's most successful team, winning the Stanley Cup 22 times through 2004.

The most common type of ovarian cancer is epithelial, accounting for approximately 90% of all ovarian cancers. Epithelial ovarian cancers appear to arise from the surface of the ovary and spread by shedding cancer cells, which are then implanted throughout the lower abdomen. The disease usually spreads without notable symptoms, accounting for the fact that over 70% of epithelial ovarian cancers are diagnosed after the tumor has already spread beyond the ovaries. The other types of ovarian cancer are germ cell and sex cord–stromal tumors.

Epidemiologic studies have shown that risk factors for developing this cancer include increased age, never giving birth, infertility, a history of breast cancer or endometrial cancer, and a family history of ovarian cancer.

Rap music is a combination of rhymed lyrics spoken over rhythm tracks and pieces of recorded music and sounds called samples, taken from older records.

Rap music is a combination of rhymed lyrics spoken over rhythm tracks and pieces of recorded music and sounds called samples, taken from older records.

worldwide sales of digital music grew by 40 per cent last year

CDs would continue to narrow.

"Record labels are continually diversifying and moving away from CDs because they know that fans have completely changed the way they are buying music.''

the number of albums sold as downloads doubled from 2005

Birth name Nicholas Jerry Jonas

Born September 16, 1992 (1992-09-16) (age 16)

Origin Wyckoff, New Jersey, U.S.

Genre(s) Teen pop, Pop rock

Occupation(s) Vocalist, Musician, Actor, Singer-songwriter

Instrument(s) Vocals, guitar, drums, piano

Years active 1999 - present

Label(s) Hollywood Columbia

Associated acts Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato

Website JonasBrothers.com

Used-CD shops typically pay customers between $3 and $5 for their old discs, then sell them for $8 to $10. New CDs can be priced as high as $18 apiece.